Filler plate for reversible hinges



Jan. 26, M54 c. -w. KELLY FILLER PLATE FOR REVERSIBLE HINGES OriginalFiled April 4, 1949 INVENTOR. )cLYo E w. KELLY ATTORNEYS Patented Jan.26, 1954 UNITED SETAT ES OFFICE troit Steel Products Company; Detroit;Micliz, a corporation of Michigan Original application April 4, 1949,Serial No.

85,383, now Patent No. 2,627,632, dated February 10, 1953. Divided andthis application November 13, 1951, Serial No. 256,073

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a filler plate for reversible hingescapable of permitting hing ing of the door to swing in either direction.

IJhe present invention is a division of my prior copending application,Serial No. 85,383, filed April 4, 1949 now Patent No. 2,627,632 grantedFebruary 10, 1953.

It is an object of the present invention to provide door constructiondesigned to permit reversal of the hinge butt relative to the door sothat a single door may bemounted to swing in or out and either righthand or left hand.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a hingefiller plate for use in mounting a hinge butt in a through notch at theedge of the door, the filler plate being provided with a bead adapted toabut the edge of the hinge butt.

Other objects and features of the invention will becom apparent as thedescription proceeds, especially when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a door mounted in a door frame.

Figure 2 is an exploded view showing the association between the door, ahinge filler plate and a hinge butt.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view through an assembly comprisingthe door hinge filler plate and hinge butt with the hinge butt locatedat one side of the door.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the hinge butt located atthe opposite side of the Referring now to the drawings, in Figure 1there is illustrated a metal door which may be provided with a glasslight la, the door bein mounted in a frame comprising a hinge jamb l i,a lock jamb l2, and a frame header bar (3. The frame jambs i! and i2 areattached to the floor M by attaching brackets E5, the brackets being inthe form of angle pieces having legs screwed or otherwise fastened tothe floor and other legs screwed or bolted to vertical surfaces of theframe jambs.

As best seen in Figure 2, the hinge edge of the door is provided with anotch it which extends completely across the edge of the door. Priorconventional construction was to mortise the hinge butt into the edge ofthe door thus leaving the surface of the door opposite the pintle of thehinge completely uninterrupted. The present construction is devised sothat a hinge butt 20 provided with pintle eyes 2| may be mounted so thatthe pintle eyes extend to either side of the door as desired. For thispurpose the notch I6 of the door is provided with a plurality of screwholes 22 so arranged that the screw holes 24 provided in the hinge buttmay register with screw holes in the notch whether the pintle eyes 21 ofthe hinge butt be to the right or to the left as seen in Figure 2.

As best seen in Figures 3 and 4 the hinge butt is designed so that itsedge 25 opposite to the pintle eyes 2! is located inwardly from thesurface 25 of the door opposite to the hinge pintle eyes 2!. In order toprovide a finished appearance, a hinge filler plate 36 is providedhaving screw holes 31 corresponding in number and arrangement to thescrew holes 24 provided in the hinge butt.

The hinge filler plate comprises a sheet metal plate portion 32 whosewidth is exactly equal to the entire width of the door. At one side theplate has a bead 33 formed by a reversely bent edge. Specifically, thebead comprises a first portion 34 bent forwardly from the plane of themain portion of the plate 32, the second portion 35 extending generallyparallel to the plane of the plate 32 but toward the opposite edgethereof, and a third portion 36 reversely bent to extend toward theplane of the plate. By virtue of this construction, the free edge of theinwardly ex tending portion 36 of the bead is in position to beconcealed by the edge of the hinge butt 2% as best illustrated inFigures 3 and i.

As a result of this construction a single door may be provided which maybe mounted for swinging movement either in or out at either the lefthand or the right hand side of the door.

The drawings and the foregoing specification constitute a description ofthe improved door hinge in such full, clear, concise and exact terms asto enable any person skilled in the art to praatice the invention, thescope of which is indicated by the appended claim.

What I claim as my invention is:

A hinge filler plate for a reversible hinge adapted to be mounted toextend toward either side of a metal door and receivable in a slotextending completely across an edge of the door, wherein the portion ofthe hinge received in said slot extends in said slot from one end butterminates short of the other end thereof, said hinge filler platehaving a length equal to the width of the slot from one side of the doorto the other and being formed of a metal plate comprising a main portionhaving adjacent one side thereof a bead formed by a first portion formedat right angles to the plane of the plate and extending outwardlytherefrom a distance equal to the 3 depth of the slot in the edge of thedoor, a second portion reversely turned to overlie the main portion ofsaid plate and having a length equal to the amount by which the end ofthe hinge portion received in the slot in the edge of the door is spacedfrom the adjacent end of the slot, and a third portion bent to extendtoward the main portion of said plate and in position to engage the endof said hinge portion, the main portion References Cited in the file ofthis patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number 5 1,043,489

Number of said plate having screw receiving openings 10 located toregister with screw receiving openings in the slot of the door with itsbead at either end of the slot.

CLYDE W. KELLY.

Name Date Webster Nov. 5, 1912 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Germany Jan.8, 1913 France Aug. 9, 1937

